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Letters .Patent liVo. 76,659, dated April 14, 1868.

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T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN Be it known that I, BENJAMIN REED, of thecity and county of Allegheny, in the State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Clothes-Wringer; and Ido herebydeclare. that the following is a full and exact description thereof,reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon. i

The nature of my invention consists in suspending" the rollers ofclothes-wringers in spring-yokes, which are so arranged, with relationtoeaeh other, as that'in the wringing process one roller will yielddownwards andthe other upwards.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invcntioml willproceed to-describe its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, which form part of my specification-Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement in clothes-wringers.

Figure 2 is an end view of the same. Y

Figure 3 is a transverse section of one of the rollers and its shaft.

In`the drawings, m represents the end-pieces of 'the frame, which areheld in position by the cross-bars X and X. rlhe cross-bar X and theguides Z for the spring-yoke A are held in position by the bolts marked3. The spring-yokes consist of wooden.springbars,. marked A and B, andiron straps, marked c' and J. Near the ends of these straps areopenings, through which pass the ends of the shafts 1 and 2 ofthe rollsC and D. To the spring-yoke A is attached a screw-nuit, 7c, which is{itted to the screw t, which passes down through the cross-har Xto theupper side of the spring-yoke B." The clamps e are pivoted, by meansofhinges g, to the endpieces m, in which are secured screws o, which passthrough openings in the clamps e, and are providedwith The rolls C and Dconsist of felt, which is secured on theshafts 1 and 2 by means ofwater-proof gum. That portionof the shafts on which the felt is placedis provided with a series of projecting points, as shown in g. 3. Theshafts are coated with dissolved ,gum-shellac, andthe felt is thenkneaded and knit to the shafts in the manner similar to that practisedby hatters in securing felt on the body of hats.

As the construction of my improvement in'wringers, and the relation thatthe several -parts of it'bear to each other, will be readily understoodfrom the foregoing description, and by reference to the accompanyingdrawings, I will therefore proceed to describe its operation, which is'as follows:

AThe wringer is secured on the side of thewash-tub or washing-machine,by arranging the wringer.so that a portion of the side of the tub orwashing-machine will come in the opening'X2, with the lower ends X3 ofthe end-pieees m on the inside of the tub or washing-machine, and theclamps e on the outside; the thumb-nutsfv are then turned lso as toforce the clamps e against the side of the tub or washing-machine, whichwill thereby secure the wringer in a Erm position.

` The rolls are brought clse together by turning the screw 7L down intothe nut k, which will, by pressing down on the spring-yoke B, force downthe roll C, and cause the spring-yoke A to draw upwards the rollD.

The wringing of the clothes 'is performed by turning the roll D, bymeans of the crank S, and passing the clothes between the rolls 'D andC, which operation .will readily he understood by all who construct oruse wringers.

The advantages of my improvement in wringers consist'- First. In soarranging the rolls, with relation to each other, that in thewringing/process, the rolls are each subjected to the same pressure andforce.'

Second. Rolls formed o f felt are not liable to split open by thedrawing and twisting action ofthe clothesl on the rolls while beingpassed between them. Third. The fibre of the felt-rolls works inharmony'with the texture of the cloth in the clothes; hence the wear andtear of the clothes will be less when the wringing is performed withfelt-rolls, than it will be with any other known rolls. l

Having thus described the nature, construction, and operation of myimprovement, what I claim as of my inventionis The spring-yokes A and B,in combination with the rollers C and D, constructed, arranged, andoperating substantially as herein described, und for the purpose setforth.

` BENJAMIN REED.

Witnesses:

AARON B. GATE, A. B. SPROUT.

